1)"He was afraid of the monster of strangeness called the capital" - this quote is not only a metaphor, but it shows that although Kino is so very determined to get to the capital and sell his pearl for a "fair" price, he's still scared. Ignorance versus Knowledge is shown, he is scared that he might not know if he is getting cheated or not.
2) "He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher." - I feel like this quote is a very memorable one, its right after Kino strikes Juana and kicks her. Steinbeck creates the sound and look of the moment perfectly in the reader's mind with his words.
3) "Kino moved sluggishly, arms and legs stirred like those of a crushed bug, and a thick muttering came from his mouth. Now, in an instant, Juana knew that the old life was gone forever. A dead man in the path and Kino's knife, dark-bladed beside him, convinced her. All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save themselves." - This is the turning point in Juana's character, Steinbeck gives us a closer look into her character than I think he ever did before, and it gives the story a lot more depth. Juana giving up is something we have not seen before, even when the doctor wouldn't come to help Coyotito, she was determined to save him. "She abandoned the past instantly" Juana is getting rid of all the peace she dreamed of having, the peace they had before the pearl, but this quote shows that all hope is gone. The beginning paints a picture of how Kino "stirred", the reader can instantly picture Kino moving exactly like a crushed bug.
4)"When the trackers came near, Kino could see only their legs and only horny feet of the men and their ragged white clothes, and he heard the creak of leather of the saddle and the clink of spurs.The trackers stopped at the swept place and studied it, and the horseman stopped. The horse flung his head up against the bit and the bit-roller clicked under his tongue and the horse snorted. Then the dark trackers turned and studied the horse and watched his ears." - Steinbeck again uses a great amount of descriptive language in this excerpt, phrases like "ragged white clothes" "creak of leather" "dark trackers" create an eerie and suspenseful mood.
5)"This pearl has become my soul... If I give it up I shall lose my soul." - Just as Juana had lost hope, Kino also does as well illustrated by the metaphor Steinbeck uses, It is significant because Kino completely loses his once naive and hopeful character. It shows his NOW more hard,rigid and cautious character.
2) "He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher." - I feel like this quote is a very memorable one, its right after Kino strikes Juana and kicks her. Steinbeck creates the sound and look of the moment perfectly in the reader's mind with his words.
3) "Kino moved sluggishly, arms and legs stirred like those of a crushed bug, and a thick muttering came from his mouth. Now, in an instant, Juana knew that the old life was gone forever. A dead man in the path and Kino's knife, dark-bladed beside him, convinced her. All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save themselves." - This is the turning point in Juana's character, Steinbeck gives us a closer look into her character than I think he ever did before, and it gives the story a lot more depth. Juana giving up is something we have not seen before, even when the doctor wouldn't come to help Coyotito, she was determined to save him. "She abandoned the past instantly" Juana is getting rid of all the peace she dreamed of having, the peace they had before the pearl, but this quote shows that all hope is gone. The beginning paints a picture of how Kino "stirred", the reader can instantly picture Kino moving exactly like a crushed bug.
4)"When the trackers came near, Kino could see only their legs and only horny feet of the men and their ragged white clothes, and he heard the
creak of leather of the saddle and the clink of spurs.The trackers stopped at the swept place and studied it, and the horseman stopped. The horse flung his head up against the bit and the bit-roller clicked under his tongue and the horse snorted. Then the dark trackers turned and studied the horse and watched his ears." - Steinbeck again uses a great amount of descriptive language in this excerpt, phrases like "ragged white clothes" "creak of leather" "dark trackers" create an eerie and suspenseful mood.
5) "This pearl has become my soul... If I give it up I shall lose my soul." - Just as Juana had lost hope, Kino also does as well illustrated by the metaphor Steinbeck uses, It is significant because Kino completely loses his once naive and hopeful character. It shows his NOW more hard,rigid and cautious character.